Monarchs - Queen Anne - Oxford, UK
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This statue is in a niche on the outside facade of the Main Quad of University College, Oxford on the High Street.
Waymark Code: WM121W6
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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University College is the oldest college in Oxford and commonly just called Univ. The main quad of the college was built in 1909 and has a statue of Queen Anne, the reigning Queen at the time.

The Radcliffe Quad was built ten years after the original building using money donated by Dr. John Radcliffe who had specified that the design of the building should be a copy of the original.

The outside of that quad has a statue of Queen Mary II, the sister of Queen Anne.

This statue of Queen Anne originally had a large sceptre in her hand, but this is now missing.

Queen Anne
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1714.

Anne was born in the reign of Charles II to his younger brother and heir presumptive, James, whose suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England. On Charles's instructions Anne and her elder sister, Mary, were raised as Anglicans. Mary married their Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married Prince George of Denmark in 1683. On Charles's death in 1685, James succeeded to the throne, but just three years later he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Mary and William became joint monarchs. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him.

During her reign, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until 1710 when Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences. The Duchess took revenge with an unflattering description of the Queen in her memoirs, which was widely accepted by historians until Anne was re-assessed in the late 20th century.

Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly ill and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover. link
Monarch Ranking: King / Queen

Proper Title and Name of Monarch: Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Country or Empire of Influence: Great Britain and Ireland

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